Tallmadge, Ohio, 44287
Job description
Maintenance Manager
Tallmadge, OH
Competitive Salary + Incentives
The Maintenance Manager will be responsible for directing the maintenance operations, managing a team of around 12 hourly maintenance staff. This role will emphasize a robust safety-oriented culture while ensuring the plant operates efficiently, equipment functions effectively, and there is a strong focus on employee training, quality standards, productivity, and cost management.
Responsibilities of the Maintenance Manager:
- Guide, mentor, instruct, and enhance the skills of the maintenance team while promoting accountability and a safety-first ethos.
- Formulate and implement the maintenance strategy to boost equipment reliability, increase uptime, enhance productivity, ensure quality, and optimize operational performance.
- Supervise preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs, encompassing PM scheduling, work-order processes, TPM/RWP projects, and root-cause analysis for persistent equipment problems.
- Champion plant safety, maintenance of clean workspaces, environmental compliance, risk evaluations, incident probes, and corrective measures aimed at achieving a zero-incident record.
- Oversee maintenance labor, repair, replacement, and capital expenditure budgets while pinpointing cost-saving opportunities and enhancing resource efficacy.
- Collaborate with production, engineering, technical staff, and leadership to set maintenance priorities and support everyday manufacturing processes.
- Lead ongoing improvement initiatives to eliminate waste, improve safety, minimize downtime, optimize machine functionality, and boost productivity.
- Cultivate and maintain a proficient maintenance team through performance assessments, coaching, training, certification management, succession planning, and consistent application of plant policies.
Qualifications for the Maintenance Manager:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related technical area is preferred.
- A minimum of 5 years experience in industrial manufacturing maintenance.
- Prior experience in supervising, leading, or developing maintenance teams within a manufacturing context is preferred.
- Familiarity with preventative maintenance, predictive maintenance, work-order systems, equipment reliability, and root-cause analysis.
- Experience with Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Reliability Work Process (RWP) is preferred.
- Proven track record in leading safety initiatives and fostering a workplace free of injuries.
- Experience managing upkeep budgets, repair expenses, capital projects, and resource distribution.
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